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16 T*& While the formal, opening of lb* the atrical season baa taken place It will be several work* yet before the aeaaon begin* to lake on H* uaual bright aspect and be fore the hotter clan* of a how* heirtn to tome. The weather la too warm Just now for theatrical*. anyhow, and no matter x*w (food a piece la preaented It baa a bard time mustering much of a houae. The winter aeaaon opened In New York last Monday. Otto Skinner In "Prince kto" at Wallack's, Jamea K. Hackett In The Pride of Jurnlo" at the Criterion, ind the Mg ptnladlon of "Ben Hur” at he Broadway, were the principle opening •Ilia. Toe American Theater, which la he houae recently leaned by the Oreen vali people, opened Kept. 1 with a tre nendoua production of “The Great Ruby," lugustln Daly'a aucceaa. Thla houae la mder the management of Sidney Wei*, vho wa here laat aeaaon. Jt la one of he largest and handsome*! theater* In Vew York and the Oreenwall people are naktng atrong etforia to have It a pop ular playhouae. The entertainment* which have been :lven at tn various roof garden* In New fork during the lunmtr have bien only nedtocre. hut the tran*lent Southerner ma given up hla dollar or two very free y and the New York manager* have popped out quite a lot of money from he roof a how*. "McFadden's Row of Klata" was seen at wo performance* yesterday. matlree and tight. The play la not anew one In Ba annah, but It hae l>eeri considerably re .nodeled and la preaented by a very Ctean otnxry. The Theater will he cloaed all of thl* week. but neat week will he open he entire week with the Robeon Theater Company. The "Prisoner of Zend*" will be one >1 the early plays this season. llereto ore It has not been seen until nearly the lose of (he season. Al G Field's minstrels are on their way South. The company It said to be the beat the Fields' management has ever sent out. The New York Casino success. "The telle of New York." will t** presented In Savannah by the same company that ■iayed It originally and the same that ;ave the piece I*7 performance* In Ixmdon it the Shaftesbury Theater. An actress new to the AmerliUn audience* la Mis* deulah Dodge, a dainty, wtnaoma little soman, wbo plays the pretty Salvation Army lassie Her aucceaa In the rola. It it said, la quite equal to that of Mias Edna May's Most of the London company are •till with the organisation, which Includes <£. J. Connelly, James Darling. Joseph Kane. Arthur Deagon. George Tollman. K. S. Tarr, Mae Sailor, Flo Perry, Er ,-nlnle Earle. luoulse Wtlitard, Las Belle Daste and a shapely chorus. The two companies presenting "The Christian" are pursuing prosperous tour* through the New Fatglsnd and Middle states, and proving beyond doubt that. In spite of Its two phenomenal seasons, the popularity of Hall Caine's play has not waned. Sarah Cowell I,eMayne will begin her second starring tour In "The Greatest Thing In the World." at Wilmington. Del., on Sept 24. playing two weeks of return engagements over the same territory where she scored such a success last spring before coming to Wallack’s the atre for her firm stellar appearance in New York on Oct. *. Among the new members of Mrs, la-Moyne's company will be Wilton laickaye. John OWndlnnlng, Florence Rockwell, Adelaide Thurston and Mts. Glendlnnlng—Robert Edeeon, Walter Thomas. Charles Stanley and Edwin James, being retained In the same roles they played last season. Chart** B Hanford retains some happy memoriae of hi* day* a* youngster, with Booth and Barret*. Barrett • a man of austere personality and a rigid disciplinarian. Booth waa gentle of speech and tolerant, fine night he ra* obliged to go to the atage from hie dreasing room by a remote route which ied him paat a pointer of super*. He had been playing •'Richelieu" and when he launched "The curse of Rome" hi* voice had a reso nance which made the building shake. One of the super* stepped out and blocked his way. remarking. Mr. Booth. 1 kin do that g-r-r-r!" "Can you Indeed? What 'g-r-r-r' la that?' "The one you do when you say 'the curwe of Rome.' “ "Ah. let me hear you." The confident youth Inflated his chest and delivered the speech with a rasp on the word "Rome" which sounded like a planing mill. Mr. Booth waited until the declamation was concluded and then said: '?t is very good. While 1 differ ailghtly from your Idea of reading aomc parts of the speech. I must confess I think your 'g-r-r-r' Is much better than mine." Delta Fox is herself again. She ha* made a hit as Belle Money In "The Rog er* Brothers In Central Bark" In Phila delphia. and her appearance In tht# farce at the Victoria Theater In New York Sept 17 will attract not a little attention. She has completely recovered her health and plays with all her old-time vivacity In "Three Sailors," a specialty with Ihe Rog ers Brother* In the second act. and as Iho cabby in a mualoal specialty In the last act "If Cabby told Half That He Knows." she display* In It* fullest meas ure Ihe artistic ability which won for her a reputation a# an entertainer. The fotlowlng clipping from a news paper will no doubt prove Interesting read ing to the friends In Savannah of Mr James Neill, a popular young Savannah ten and a clever amateur actor, and who ts now a prominent light on the stage, and very well Messed with the world's goods "H oil stock I* such a good thing. I guess I'll start a company of my own When James Neill. Ihe actor, apoke those wonts be was standing on the forward deck of an ocean steamer, en route from not nil! to the Ookten atate. A man had been dinning Into the ear* of another timn on the deak the glorlea of the oil In dustry tn Southern Call torn le. It's go ing to bea* the gold mining business in California all hollow. Mr Neill heard this enthusiast say. A roan with stock In a good comtmny la bound to get rich." continued this enthusiast at the actor's elbow, and as he talked. Neill, quite phlegmatic and usually cool, found hi* pulse beating a bit faster. He walked back to his stateroom, told Mis* Edythe Chapman, woo In private life. I* Mrs. Jams Neill, what he hod heard about oil m California, amt then concluded •with the opening words of this story: "If oil stock |* such a good thing, I guess I'M start a company of my own." And true to hk> "guwm." Neill has started the company, own* a third or more of the TSO.uOO shares, ts president, of the company, and so becomes Interested to fhe tune of a good many thousand dol let* in the Infant Industry of Ihe state. In "having a company of hi* own." Mr Nelli is merely carrying out the same Instinct* >hat have made him the director of a great dramatic company. Instead of fMrsty a player ta scum oUur fellows organisation. In other words, if a thing seem* a guu.l thmg to Neill he prefers to have a big Interest jn it. take the big end of the risk and. naturally, enjoy the lion's share of the profits—lf there are other factore. have made him weathly. A# In theater enterprise*, so In oil, Nelli ha* "plunged." Hl* dramatic company has been in las Angeles twice In a year, play ing to large and profitable buslne** both times Theater men stiy that Nelli prob ably ha* cleared lat.ow in his two season* V the Burbank Theater. He has now In vested the major part of those profit* In a California Industry, and the coin that came to him from the pockets of Califor nian* t* to he returned lo the pocket* of other Californians. The oil company of which Mr. Neill was elected president a few day* ago, Includes In It* directorate such men as Judge Knight. J. W. Evans, G. F. Herr and other weil known Eo* Angeles cttlsen*. Oliver Morose© may become an Investor In the corporation. Yesterday. Mr. Neill says, a local capi tallst*. and Intimate friend of Mr Moroc co, offered to purchase 15.000 worth of the company’s shares on condition that Mr Morosco should be made treasurer of the company. Neill ha* purehaaed, or per haps It should he said hi* company has bought. Mil acre* of land near Newhall, In the Plaeerlta canyon, which land Is di rectly In line with the vein of such mar velous richness and value tapped a few days ago by the New Century Oil Com pany. It I* hardly necessary to say that the land was bought some time ago. be fore thl# recent sensational strike was made In the canyon, a# now the land could hardly be purchased for ten time# Its quoted Value of n few weeks ago. In addition lo this quarter section. Neill's company ha* leased ISO acre# of oil land near Plru city. In Ventura county. That distinguished man - * children rarely carry on hi* fame l* a rule that has It* exception*, and one of the latest of the*# Is the success on the stage of Miss Gertrud# Poghlan daughter of Charles Poghlan, whose fame death has already begun to mellow. Miss Poghlan’# latent 1* of the quality one would look for In the daughter of her father, and she post# sses >n abundance other qual ities necessary for Its establishment Her great success In the delicately Intellectual part of Celia Bryce tn "The Royal Box" dirnonstrated In what field of her art ahe would triumph. The choice Miss Poghlan ha* made of a role to star in show* that she realise* this fact She will play thl* season the bright, lively, dominating, raat les* Becky Sharp, in a dramatltation made by her father of "Vanity Fair." In ap pearance Miss Poghlan meets all the re quirement* of Thackeray’* heroine. Youth and beauty are here. he Is petite and graceful, with rounded arms and shoul der*, her east of feature* Is piquant and she has a mass of fight hair which I* very becoming to her arch countenance, par ticularly ao when It Is dressed In the style prevailing In the days of the First Em pire Such a woman could easily bind and hold captive a heavy dragoon like Raw don Crawley, or fascinate such a stated admirer of women as t<ord Bteyue Mts* Poghlan was seen here last season In her father's support. Richard Mansfield ha* completed hts list of actresses for hi* revival of Shakea- Ifeare's "King Henry V." at the Garden theater. Oct. 1. Ml*. Florence Kahn will appear as Rumor. Thl* will be her first N* w York appearance since her sucres* laat yesr with the course of modern play* at the Pamegle Lyceum. Mdlle Brassy will be the Princes* Katherine. She came to America especially to play this role Susan re Santje will be Alice, the lady tn waiting on the French Princess, and Miss Georgloe Brandon Is cast for Isabel. Queen of France. There Is additional In terest tn the fart that Estelle Mortimer will appear a* Dame Quickly. The part of the boy at Dame Quickly'* Inn. the Boar's Head In Eastcheap. will be played by Dorothy Chester, who ts Mrs Frederick de Belleville. Nat Goodwin and Mrs Goodwin are now in Pari*, and will shortly visit Mun ich and also the "Passion Play." Mr Goodwin write* that he Is In perfect health. FON Ft Tl'ltF. HISTORIANS. fiew. F.van* Wants Information to File In the archives of the State. Gen. clement A Kvans. commanding the Georgia division of the United Confederate Veteran*, has undertaken the task of gathering speclflr and general Information concerning all Ihe command* which nerv ed In Ihe armies of Ihe Confederate slates from this slate Hl* Idea I* to secure as far as possible a complete history of every command, companies as well a* regi ments, whirh gave Ita service* lo Ihe Con federate cause In order that the Infor mation may be placed upon record for use by future historians. To this end he has sent out letters to hundreds of Confeder ate veterans as well as to the various camps of the United Confederate Veter ans tn the stste. reques'lng that Informa tion of Ihe rharaeter sought to be furnish ed him by all In position to do so The following extract from Oen Kvans circular letter outlln- ihe Information de sired and the purpose* for which It ts In tended: "For some time past I have endeavored to make a collection of material from which very full and accurate historic* can he made of the Infantry, cavalry and artillery companies, battalions, batteries and regiments which went from our state Into Confederate armlr*. In furtherance of that extensive work I write lo you for whatever Information you can recall con cerning the company, or companies with which you served tn the Confederate war. and the position* you personally Ailed, 1 am sure I can appeal to you a* a faithful comrade to give me this data without hesitation and without delay. This I* giv ing you trouble and will take part of your lime, hut I think it Is a duty we owe to our fallen comrade*, and our Southern people generally to leave behind u* a true testimony of Ihe eventful war in whteh they valltantly sought to sustain the Con federate states government. "With this in view I will ask you to gjve me Ihe following .lain: The name of your company, in what county or counties it was raised: about which time and place It was mustered Into service; atwut how many men were first mustered In; names of captain, lieutenant*, orderly *ergeanl. ami other sergeants; how was It armed at llrst: how uniformed; how equipped aw lo tents; where w*s It first stationed on duty; to what regiment (or hattalion anrt grigade was It first attached, name of colonel, major and adjutant; give Ihe names, as far as you can recall, of the several captain* amt lieutenants, who. from time to time. *ervt.| with your com pany; *<ate the various regiments and brigades In which your company served If you have a muster roll pleas*, let m have a copy. If you kepi a diary I would be glad to leave a copy to file, State fully or briefly as you choose and as far as your Information or memory serves you i tb* marches, campaign*, bailies and spe cial sklrmkthrs In which your company was engaged Mention special Incident# of heroic suffering or behavior In battle. Give he name* ami Bostofllce* of any private* or officers who would prob*b*y assist in giving information about the THE WOHMNG NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 19CKX I company. Send me also a sketch of your ! own Confederate service. "You will understand that the foregoing I Is only u guide to you tn writing about I your lompany. You will please adopt nny form In writing you choose, but In older that all the report* may be bound In a volume for deposit in the archives of the state at th capttol, It wtl! be best for you to write on on* side only of the letter paper and leave on the left hand side a margin of an Inch for binding, a* you see on thla sheet Capt A M. C, Duncan has made a spe cialty of preparing a list of the various | commands, which served In the Confed | crate service from Chatham county, some j slaty odd In all. ami could doubtless fur { rlsh s list of the entire number with the j officers with whom they entered service. , A# to the detailed history of the various •'ommand# of thi* oouniy, c •;* Dun um I has already prepare! an excellent record j of the service of Company A,, of the Geor | gla Hussars, and Is doubthtw ready by i this time to furnish a good account of Company Ii . of the sum* organisation. There are a number of old veteran* living, who are both able ami competent to fur nish the desired Information concerning the other tell command* which took a leading part In the Civil War. and Ihey will doubtless take pleasure In doing so. ARRESTED FOR 111 H6I.AHY. "Rubber" Johnson Subbed by Depo nes OTnnnor and Harvey. A negro known us "Buhber” Johnson, who Is wanted in Waynesboro for bur glary, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff* O'Connor and Har vey. In that section of Perry lane, between IVret Broad and Mon!gomery streets, tlmt Is so well known to the police and the county officers. Johnson t* charged with having atoln a considerable sum of money from the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Burke county, mart to have aggravated this crime by the commission of eever.il other minor offenses. He Is want'd by Sheriff Hurst and wanted bad. and the sheriff mails an urgent request upon Deputy O'Connor that he be nabbed If It were possible. The two county officers bagged their game In Perry lane without any great umoun; of trouble, and had him locked up in Jail. Johnson protests that he I* Inno cent of any offense whatever, but cannot eb Induced even to disc use hi* Innocence at very great length. He seems to re alise very thoroughly that hls t# on# of the cases in which silence Is golden and he stick* closely to this golden rule. Sheriff Hurst has been notified of John son'* arrest ami detention here, end will doubtless be down from Waynesboro to morrow to take the prisoner back to stand i , ’ IS;-"?'! it .tea -ffSN'*B*- •*eA*V-,pl ' trial. A reward has been ofTered for th* negro’s arrest, and this will be paid to Deputies O'Connor and Harvey. MAY PAY FOR GARBAGE. Hid* Asked for Privilege of ftortlng Clty'a Hump Heap. The city’s garbage may yet bring In a revenue lo Ihe city's treasury. Director Gadsden of the politic works haa a notice In Ihe Morning New*, catling for hide for the privilege of aorllng the city's gar bage pile for ail materials, such as rags, paper, tin cans, glass and all substances not of fertilizing value. Bids will be re ceived at the director's office not later than noon. Saturday. Sept. 15. All bl<A> are to be goal for one year. Director tiadsden s.iUI yesterday that there had been so many Inquiries recently as to the terms open which the city would permit the garbage to be sorted with a variety of tentative offers- for the privi lege. that he had decided to advertise for bid* and llml out what the |>arties In terested were willing lo give for thki privilege. From the number of Inquiries lately. t Is not unlikely that Ihe city will be offered a neat sum for the privilege of sorting ll* garbage. THU HMTHIIUKII* RUT. Political Baseball Game Was Not In teresting. The political ball game yesterday after noon was not much of an affair. There was only a small attendance, and the game was poorly played throughout. There waa considerable kicking through out the game, ami the Soul holders quit In the eighth Inning, charging Umpire Charles Totilssaim with favoring their option cut* the Fores* Clly. As tt was nearly dark, II was time to call the game anyway. The score stood 12 to 11 In favor of Ihe Forest t’llys, the closeness of the eeore not being any Indication, however, of any remarkable closeness In playing. FILED AN trnt.tßF.kEXT, Fatale ot Me*. John Green Valued by F.ieeslor hi ff-Jtl.i;i2.oS. Patrick O'Connor, as executor of the es'ate of Ihe late Mrs. Rosa Green, filed an appraisement of the estate In the Court of Ordinary on yesterday. The executor finds that the estate own* real and per sonal properly to the aggregate value of taS.M2.td Mrs. Qr-en was the wife of ex-Chlef of Poller John tireen, preceding him lo the grave by about a year Her last will and testament, however, was not filed for re cord and probate until after bis death. COLD BOTTLE BUT NO BIRD. AATtOXAI, (UM.IIIA* TAKES A it a sir in rttonscTius of g ame. Rill I'usaed at East Session af Inn stress tv ill Effectively Prevent the hale af Game 00l of Reason—- state latw Prohibiting hale Hus Meen Evaded by 'hipping Birds From Other hiates or by 'ns Inn They Were 'hipped From tllbrr htalra. Thla Made Illegal Also— Sportsmen Welcome An> thin,7 Thai Will Tend lo Prevent Destruction of tiamr and Fish. It l* very probable that the consump tion of the "large cold bottle and the small hot bird" will be limited in Sa vannah this year to the time, beginning Nov. 1, when partridges ami quail may be legally executed wlihln the limits of the state of Georgia. That Is, the two In conjunction with each other; the cold bottle may be "killed” whenever the seeker after refreshment and tnvtgoratlon can raise the price. That It haa not been always thus Sa vannah epicures find It easy to remember. Although the state law say* that quail shall not be ahot or trapped before Nov. J. the bird* began lo appear tn the mar ket fully six weeks before that dale and were freely offered for sale. They were displayed on the bill* of fare and the tables at the restaurant*, and houe hoUlers, even, found It posslbte to carry home a half a doxen for their own con sumption. These birds, be It said, as It was said, came from the goodly stales of South Carolina and Florida; not one of them had been shot In Georgia. In the future. If the law Is enforced, this little game will not lie a thing possi ble. At the last session of the national congress a bill was passed, which was. subsequently to Its parease, signed by the President, which knocks the scheme in the head. The harmless little Action which told of the bird* meeting their un timely end within the Jurisdiction of an other state will no longer avail to avert the punishment of the law By virtue of the new national legislation on the sub ject. It will be Just as unlawful to sell bird* killed In Florida or Sooth Carolina as If their earthly career had been termi nated In thl* Mate The state tew make* It unlawful and punishable a* a misdemeanor to sell or offer to sell game out of season, when that game has been killed within the state. The Federal statute recently en acted declares on this subject: • "That all dead bodies or parts thereof of any foreign animals or birds, the im portation of which Is prohibited, or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals or birds transported into any state or territory, or remaining therein for use. consumption, sale or storage therein, shall, upon arrival In such stale or territory, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory, enacted In the exercise of its police powers, lo Ihe same extent and tn the same manner as though such ani mals or birds had been produced In such state and territory, ami shall not be ex empt therefrom by reason of being Intro duced therein In original trackages or otherwise," The effect of this will he to render It Impossible to sell game out of season, without becoming liable lo experience Ihe wrath of Ihe outraged majesty of the law. Whether the Federal statute will be en forced with any greater diligence than ha* ben the state laws for the protection of game remains aquestlon.hu* It has been slated that United States marshals and district attorney* have received Instruc tion* from the Department of Justice tn give It Its full effect. With venison Ihe ef fect of Ihe law will be even more sweep ing, as Ihe stale law fixes the period dur ing which deer may be killed as for the months of November and December alone. There are provisions In the Federal law which affect the subjects of game-shoot ing and game-eating In other way* than that lo which attention ha* been called, and which give Indication* of rendering the life of Mm who seeks to evade It* mandate* a hard one. Section 3 makes It unlawful for any one to deliver to a common carrier to transport from one stale or territory to another any animal* or bird* which have been kilted In viola tion of the law of the state, territory or district from which they are to he shipped Section 1 provide* for packages contailnlng shipment* of dead animals or bird* being so marked and arranged lhal the name of the consignor, consigner, and the nature of Ihe content* moy be readily ascertained on ln*pec*ton of the outside of such packages. To Ihe real sportsmen of Savannah and Its vicinity, tvbo have witched the not ;io gradual decrease m Ihe amount of game about Ihe city, the announcement that the United States government Is to take a hand In the effort to prevent the destruction of gome, will ta- a matter of considerable satisfaction Under present condition* deer have disappeared, save from n few favored and preserved locali ties. quail have become more amt more scarce, and other varieties of game have suffered In proportion to their deairaMlMv to the pot-hunter Anything that serve* lo Impede this wholesale destruction will be wel -omed by those who have *he true Interest* of sport at heart. Fish ore going th* way of gam*. Tht omnipresent seine ha* either entrapped 1 the member* of the finny tribe within Its meshes, or had driver, them to seek u more secluded home In less troublous lo calities,'* The Hailing drops that were ! known aid loved of the .Sortpie# of Wal ton a decade ago. are uninhabited pool* 10-day, and the lone fisherman comes itomr disconsolate, after a day with rod and line with practically nothing upon which lo weave the graceful ngments of ha imagination A basis Is necessary for anything, and the llsnerman feel* ar grieved thnt he should be deprived of this or Its possibility through the work of the seiner*. Tale# that ten year* ago would have been almost probable, are laughed o scorns to-day. Nobody be lieve# them. BROKE I P THE MOVEMENT. Merchandise tlrokera Will Riot Close Early on Natardays. A scheme which had been arranged be ■ tween the merchandise brokers of the city, having for its purpose the closing of their place* of business at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon* throughout the year, was nip ped in the bud yesterday by the action ! <>f one of the firms of wholesale grocers. The brokers have been closing at 2 j o'clock Saturdays during the summer, and j as they had fount that the practice, when ! universal, did not Interfere "With bual r esa. they had determined to continue It | throughout the year To keep up with | the merchandise brokerage business, re | quire# steady movement during the week, and when the week's end comes, employ er* end employes are anxious- lo have s test and feel they are entitled to receive ! it. Everything was fixed to Iceep up the practice of early closing on Saturdays. > eslrrday being the first day when the old agreement did not apply, when came the smash. A member of one of the load ing firm* of wholesale grorere called Into hls office a member of the firm of brokrrs with which the former house principally denis, ar.rt told him. It ls said. If he closed his office .luring the afternoon business re lations between them must ceasa on the spot. • Under thl* state of ftfets there was but one thing for the brokerage firm to do, and It did It The other brokers were no tified .and all kept open. Ull EH SIFTED AMI RUMEN T 9. Rt-vannah Yacht flab Is nelag Gen erously Eqnlpped. The Savannah Yacht Club Is making great strides as a means of diversified amusement for the member*. The most recent adjunct are the traps and other paraphernalia for shooting clay pigeons, a sport In which great pleasure te found. Every Saturday afternoon there are many of the sportsmen members of the club at the traps, and the beat shots are demon- Strating their prowess, while the poorer ones are weekly becoming more proficient. The latest plan Is to establish a bowl ing alley. It t* proposed to build the house |t Is to occupy on piles. Just norih of !he main building of the club. It hv> also been suggested that the house be made large enough for a pistol ami parlor rifle gallery, as well as for howling, ami the suggestion may be a.lopled when the board of stewards considers the proposi tion to build. A tennis court and a croquet ground are being laid off now. A splendid bathing pool has been a source of pleasure to the members for two or three season*, and there are yet other diversions that tend to make tha Yscht Club Immensely pop. ular. POLICE HAD A DULL DAY. Caaanally Qnlet for a Saturday, l ess Than Half a Dasen Arrests. Business In police circles was usually dull yesterday for Saturday, only about half a doxen prisoners having been taken to the barracks up to midnight. Robert Thompson, colored, was arrested and sent In by Sergt Floyd on the charge of assaulting Tosher Hanglcos with a "rock." The story of the difficulty a* told by Hanglcos Is that the man owed him 10 cents, and that laat night seeing him on the street he dunned him for It This the negio resented, and. becoming angered by the argument that followed hls refusal to pay, secured a rock and atruck Hn glcos on the arm with It. Hanglcos ls not seriously hurt, although the bruise re ceived I* a painful on# and brought blood. IVm Mlk-s, a colored hack driver, waa arrested by Patrolman Frank Wall on the charge of driving on the wrong side of the street Mile* was coming north on Bull street yesterday afternoon at about S o'clock. He turned shortly to hls left Into Broughton street, striking the bicy cle of a young man who we a coming down Bull street and breaking It badly. The rider was unhurt. GOWK FOR THE JE.IIIE. MnJ. Wilkin* Will Bring Ills New Yacht ta Savannah. MaJ, W. A. Wilkin* of Waynesboro left yesterday for New York, where he goes to lake possession of the Jessie, the steam yacht he purchased a few months ago. With him went Pilot Dunham am] Engin eer Alvin Miller, who will sail with MaJ. Wilkins In Northern waters for two or three weeks before starling on the trip South. It is expected that the vessel, coming down hy she Inside route, will reach Savannah about Oct. 10. The Jesale will be an addition lo the fleet of the Savannah Yacht Club, of which her new owner Is a member. She will be Ihe largest of the vessels In the fleet. MaJ. Wilkin* experts to keep the yacht In Savannah water* when he Is not using her. as Savannah I* th* nearest port to his home MaJ. Wilkins I* also a mem of the Carolina Yacht Club of Charleston. The Jessie was built In I*9o at Port Jef ferson. N. Y. Her gross tonnage Is 43.2* and her net tonnage 29.95. Her length Is 55.5 fet. her breadth 13.2 and her depth 5.9. It ts possible that MaJ. Wilkins will r®- christen the Je*s!e. RECORDER II *l LARGE DOCKET. Bat None of the f'asea Were of More Than Passing Interest. There were seventeen cases before Ihe Recorder yesterday and the aggregated fines made quite a large addition to the city exchequer. Eugene Gibson, the ne gro arrested the day before on th# charge of robbing the store of Mr. J. Cohen, where he had ben employed as a porter, was remanded to the Clly Court. T. J. Houston, charged with exposing for stile In the market rotten cabbage.was sent to the same tribunal, as was also Gus Thompson, charged with carrying con cealed weapons, a pair of brass knucka. The other prisoners were up for the us ual petty offense*. irNEI EX BOCAE IMPROVED. Mr -Dnb tins Put In nn Elevator anil Made Renovations. Improvement* snd renovations have been made tn Ihe Screven House. Mr, B. Dub. Ihe proprietor, looking out for the comfort ami convenience of hi* guests, has put In anew elevator, work on which was completed yesterday. The machinery works smoothly and well, and Ihe addi tion lo Ihe hotel's equipment will be wel comed by gueot* Mr, Dub has also had hi* dining room handsomely papered and decorated, while twenty-seven of the bed rooms have been refurnished throughout. Another Week ot Surprises. J. L. Horrison is still in the with another week of surprises. This week we are still lower than last week’s phenomenal bargains. It only requires inspection to know that we are not humbugging, but sincere in all we say. If you want anything in the Gents’ Fur nishing line give us a call at 23 Broughton, west, and satisfy your curiosity. J. L. MORRISON 23 BROUGHTON, WEST. lIiRHOP Tl HNER ON McKINI.EY. He I* Dead Against the President and Rtnnds far llrynn. Bishop M. H. Turner, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Is In Savan nah to take part tn the exercise* at the New Street Church to-day. The bishop ha* been quoted recently an bclr.g a Democrat and for Bryan. A# to being a Democrat the bishop said last night: "1 am not a Democrat, and likely never will be. I tie long alone to the Prohibition party, and no other under heaven, except to the Christian church. Thla has ben published a hundred times In the newspapers of the country, and has been uttered by myreif at least ten thousand times. I am In fa vor of ridding the land of the liquor curse by any means that can be devised, alal 1 am with any perty and will support any party that ha* such a plank In Us plat form. Thl* I* the end of my political affiliation* with any party now In the country. 1 did say. and I say yet. that I woubt vote far W. J, Bryan five times before I would vote for William once, and, indeed. I will further say that betwe< n Bryan and McKinley, I am for Bryan Not bei ause lie la a Demo rit, and not because McKinley I* a Repub lican. but because we have tried McKin ley for four years and he Is of no benefit to the black man, except tn giving some of them Just a few office*, hut the great bulk of my race receive no more recogni tion at hls hands than a man who has been dead for twenty years. "I am negro, and my destiny ami the destiny of my race and children Is my chief concern. Mr. Bryan 1* a white man. nnd ho is Mr. McKinley and Mr. Bryan might be a* apathetic. Indifferent and a* unconcerned as Mr. McKinley ts. but we have tried Mr, McKinley for four year* and so far as the negro ts concerned we have had the most cruel and outrageous time* In the history of the nation. I am willing, as a negro, to try some other white man. I care nothing about hls politic* nor hls party. So far as that Is concerned. Grover Cleveland, w horn we thought was going to re-estab lish slavery when he was elected, turned out to be one of the ablest nnd best Presi dents that ever graced the nation. Gen. Washington. Gen. Jackson and Mr. Lin coln were the only three President# who ever possesesd the manhood and backbone of Mr. Cleveland, and I believe In one re spect he towered ahove them. Ohio ha* given us three President*, and If any of Ahem was ever any account, so far a* the negro ts concerned, I have yet to lesrn about It. “A* for me taking the stump for Mr. Bryan and making a canvass of certain states. It Is too ridiculous to mention. Ev erybody know* I received a paralytic stroke last December, oml have not been able to even preach since. While lam a great deal belter and enn walk about In a limping condition, and can ride on the cars and visit my churches to some ex tent. I could not canvass any state or go out on speaking tour If I were ever so anxious. To take the stump tn my con dition would he impossible.'' "Mr McKinley said In hls Inaugural address that ‘lynching must “top,. " said Bishop Turner, "and we oil threw up our hats and thought better times were ahead But when on.- of ih<- bloodiest etn-ode# that ever took place In any state occurred, and a Democratic editor of one of the greatest papers In the South sent hi* re porter and begged Mr McKinley for a simple remark, he refused to open hls mouth. He did not even say 'I am sorry; such rbnduet Is disgraceful." or. Indeed, anything No one haa been lynched In all England In seventy-one year*, and If the President had given the negro hi* moral Influence In allowing hlmwelf to be Interviewed, he would have accomplished much good. Bui he would not even do that. "I cannot betray confidence.” said the Bishop, "but only wlh J ejuhl mibllsh some things that have been written to me by some of the nfiles’ and richest men of the nation and In McKinley's cnnfl denee. I mean wjilte Republicans. If I could do it there Is not a negro in the nation who would vote for him. .Mr. Bryan could not render himself more oh noxious in twenty-dive years. But I will leave this line of thought, for If I were to ventilate all that is In me. I would need thirty columns of this paper As for what Is commonly denominated Im-'erlal l*m, no colored man wit h any sense could endorse. White men may endorse It, but black man cannot unless he does It absolutely through Ignorance. We know 100 wed what must be the status of everybody who has colored blood In their veins Mr. Cleveland. who was terribly opposed to the annexation of Hawaii, told me. in person, that the inhabitants of no strange nation would receive an equal she-wing where the t’nlted Stales ruled He could have raid, if they were of a darker hue. "In regard to the financial policy of Mr. Bryan.” said the bishop, ”1, as one, care nothing The money Is all made ,md ha tailed by the white people, and any money they can use as a circulating medi um, we can use You can call It sound money or unsound. The only |*rt the black man haa In It Is to get whit few dimes or dollars he can collect from Iho while people, end I am not concerned about It. Hut I am concerned about this discrimination. proscription, disfran chisement and lynching*; sometime* a doxen at once, and the wholesale blood and slaughter which Is going on In the country, until we are regarded by other countries as the most disgraceful nation on earth, 1 knew what 1 am talking about, for I have visited other natlona and have frequently writhed under their remarks. 1 synching* and unl.iwfur mur dering were going on long before Mr. McKinley became President. but tt has Increased three-fold. If not font-fold, since he has become President. J believe Mr. Bryan will stop It or greatly diminish It for he is too bokl ami manly to say rushing about it Hi *Bl Ml Ihll nation that the lowest wretch should have a fair trial.” As McKinley s foreign policy. BUhop Turner said: "Paralysed a* I am. ami nearly speeehle**, 1 feel called upon In my declining days to enter my solemn protest against the unholy war of con quers nuv being waged by this county against the Philippines 1 hold William McKinley md his advisor* reaponatb. lor this trims of the century. These Flii- plno* are a feeble band of sable pn'rt. ot*. noi white, on their native soli, around their home* and the grave* of tneir maintaining a heroic bur pitifully unequal straggle fob their God-given right- * ( *j for Ihelr llbertle#. Mr. Bryan ..>■- t, It he j* elected President he will convene Congress a! once and give them tie r j n . dependence Further, by tr.ity en.ictment Mr McKinley his p. . ognlxed human slavery In parts of those t#lan-ls. and he ho- go. colored soldier* there from thl* country executing his dtaholicsl will. Thl* high handed act Is violative ami suherslve of the fundaments! law set forth hi Die In. !u ration of Independence, ami tic consti tution of the United States." Bishop Turner will lie In the ciiv prob ably until Tuesday. He haa never |. e<l since he wo* paralysed at a Methodic, i'onference here last December, but id se able to talk lo hls people Informally. changes”amoVg teachers. Continued From Twentieth Page be found, In which event they may secure transfers from the school# they attend* | last year and be received In I hone more conveniently located for them. Such transfers, where they are posrtbl*. mat b arranged now. and Mr. Ashmore de-ir** that attention be given them before the general rush for admisdon Is on. Parent* desiring to secure a transfer of children may do so by calling at the superintend, ent'* office, provided room exist* In lha school to which the transfer Is sought. A* has been the cam- for many yeais. it ts expected that there will be many ap plicants who cannot be received In the schools. The demand for seat* la great er than the supply, and year alter yeir the superintendent Is forced to keep a waiting fist of those wbo have been una ble to find places. In the order of appli cation, the name# of children will he kept on the fiat. ami. whenever a vacancy oc curs. notice will be sent lo the child en titled to the seat. During a term many of those on a watting fiat are thus pro vided with places. Many families are away from the city now. but It la essential that the children get back In tlmn for the opening of the schools. Unless they appear lo claim the pl.acm reserved for them hy virtue of their having been In the school# last year, they are likely to be forfeited lo tho-a who may be walling for accommodation* Buperlntendenl Ashmore directs notice to the fact that all children have equal privileges, that the schools open later than those of any other In the state ant that parents should be careful to avoid the forfeiture of their children's places by allowing them lo remain out of the city or away from achool on or after the oi s-rung day. Always, for sevrral days after the open ing of schools, there 1 a mighty ruh 1 upon the book dealers. Children and pa- I rent* tepulr to the stores In swarm* to j secure the books needed for the new term ' and U la often the ca*e that the clerk# ate no overrushed that they ore unable i to wait on the customer* untii palu-fim ! ha* been exhaust* and. This year Mr. Ash t more has devised a plan by which he be j lleves the usual congestion may be re moved He ba# provided the bookdealers with fiat* of the hook* to be used In the i various grade*, and pupils who are sure jof their classification, a# are nine-tenth* |of those who were In the schools lat term, may buy thrlr needed supplies in advance of the opening. This will be an j advantage to all concerned. No admission cards will be Issued Sat urday. Sept. 29. That day Superintendent Ashmore wilt devote to the teachers, all of whom he will nv ct to dtscu** and ar range for the opening He will confer with the wh te teachers of the city s'boola at 10 o’clock at Chatham Academy. Tha county teacher* wilt meet him there en hour later. The colored teacher* of tha city will meet the superintendent at 12 o clock at the East Broad Street School. CAIfJHT I.UDEHMCATH KLKVATOH. Elevator floor Fell on William Mum ford With Serious Hcsnlts. William Mumford, the colored man who has charge of the elevator In the tTtlsen* ’ Hank building, undertook yester, Ivy to start the elevator up from the bottom when the car caught after going thert | distance. Mumford went down Into h* ! well underneath to ascertain the cause of the trouble, and while at work there be managed In some way to loosen one n. the Iron elevator doors, which fell upon him, breaking his tight leg. t>r. I *■ Mlbron of Hathaway A Cos. gave tcm pot" ary attention ami Mumford was removed In the police ambulance lo his home bo. SIS New Houston street, west, where h* was attended hy Dr. W. E. Norton. The Injury Is described by Dr. Norton as compound comminuted fracture of b n the tibia and fibula. COffBRVATOMY TO OPE'. ______ Prof. Nehrteas’ School lo Regia *•* Fourth teases Oaf. 1- The Savannah Conservatory of Musi', Prof. Deo W. Mhr tens, will open • fourth season Monday, Oct. 10. The su ■ cess of the conservatory In the past * suflb-lent assurance for the future. There will be an able corps of teachers. loth vocgl and instrumental music of high order will be taught. Mrs. H urJ W. Mebriene, the well known concert pianist, who has spent the last several months studying umhr the best teacher* In Germany, te expected lo return shortly - —■— THOftaiT HE HAD ’EM. Hat This Snake Proved to Re the •teal Thlnn and Saceambrd to • Stlek. , . A grass snake about a foot long **' killed yesterday about 11 o'clock on •*•>* street, between Bull and Drayton, by a young man. who discovered it as he w.i" riding his wheel near the edge of the pavement. It wits of a harmless variety, and Is thought to have been brought the city and released by some mlsebb nos boy or a man. anxious to play a pr*<’- tlcal joke on frtenda that .molds *>o* wise!; but too much.